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English Electives
Ana Guzowska
Ana Guzowska
English is a mandatory, year long subject. The focus areas for Stage 5 supports students’ growing knowledge and understanding in the areas of:
Reading, viewing and listening to texts
Understanding and responding to texts
Expressing ideas and composing texts
Stage 5 English builds on the foundational skills developed in the earlier years to support the growing knowledge, understanding and skills in the areas of reading, viewing and listening to texts, understanding and responding to texts and expressing ideas and composing text.
English Elective
NESA Developed: Yes
Number of lessons per fortnight: 5
Course Costs* (approximate, subject to conditions and approval):
Including potential excursions, consumables and other relevant costs*
Year 9: nil
Year 10: nil
English Elective Additional Information
English Elective Additional Information
Course Overview
English Elective gives students the opportunity to enhance their sophisticated analytical and creative writing skills. Based on the English Extension courses at HSC, students explore how content, language, form and style of texts reflect ideas and context, developing this understanding into personalised research areas.
Proposed study format (throughout Years 9 &/or 10)
Students will collectively study one genre* and consider multiple texts from within it, such as poetry, novel, film, podcast series etc. Individual students will then conduct research into their own selected texts of interest from within that genre, based on the teacher’s modelling. Focussed genres may be drawn from:
Science fiction or
Crime fiction or
Magical realism or
Gothic and horror or
Dystopian fiction or
Historic fiction.
NOTE - genres may change to align with student interest, resources, teacher recommendation
Typical school-based Course Assessments
Extended Analytical response
Creative Response
Research Project
Exam
Possible vocational/career pathways
Law and Legal Practice
Media, Journalism, and Communications
Publishing and Editorial Work
Creative Industries and Copywriting
Teaching, Education and Academia
Skills and attributes developed:
Critical and independent inquiry
Sophisticated written and oral composition
Creative and conceptual thinking
Synthesis of complex evidence
Past Student challenges
This is in addition to stage 5 mandatory English
Independent responsibilities/initiative
Developing skills in researching, critical thinking, analysing and communicating
Lack of willingness to challenge or develop their writing skills, planning or creating skills
Students who do well in/enjoy this subject:
Read complex, varied texts regularly for pleasure
Love English
Have a desire to develop their analysis skills (or they may be sophisticated already)
Can manage their time to research a project
Are independent in their learning
Enjoy being creative
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